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Stardate: 20220130.1425 | |
Location: Mickey D's | |
Input Device: Gemini PDA | |
Audio: A child playing Spanish tablet game, Korean senior citizens | |
in conversation. | |
Visual: 2 for $6 McMenu items, black iced tea from another place. | |
Emotional State: Fed, relaxed. | |
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I got some rawkin' good news this past week! | |
As some of you know, I lost my pretty good jawb of 17 years during | |
the pandemic in September of 2020. I even wrote a song about it. [1] | |
I have been actively looking for work as well as doing volunteer work | |
since then, basically just doing the next indicated action each day. | |
15 months later, I am finally gainfully employed! I got a job doing | |
stuff that I love to do, which is work with COMPUTERS! Do what you | |
love, love what you do! :D Onboarding is lengthy and will take about | |
a month, but it's all good! | |
The past 15 months have been challenging but I have been able to keep | |
on, keeping on, trying to make ends meet, and survive. I never lost | |
hope, but there have been some dark times, all of which were just | |
temporary. | |
Much gratitude goes out to the various communities that I interact | |
with, especially SDF, gopherspace, aNONradio, mastodon, etc. You all | |
have carried me and have been instrumental in each day, even though | |
you might not know it or even interact with me directly. I read your | |
emails and posts. I view your funny pics and videos. I follow your | |
projects and passions. I listen to your radio programming. Thank | |
you for sharing those parts of you with me. | |
OMG, Alicia Key's song, "Good Job," just came on through the | |
overhead speakers and now I am a blubbering mess in McDonald's... | |
silent ugly cry in public... | |
cannot stop it... | |
tears and snot fill my mask... | |
I feel the weight of the stares as I stare at my food and shut my | |
eyes tightly... | |
the song is over now and the moment has passed. | |
My eyes are burning... | |
I think I should go. | |
_definitely_ not happenstance. | |
[1] gopher://gopher.club/1/users/xiled/projects/tunage/20210303_lawst | |
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